Wendy Snowdon

Datos Biográficos

ID6460041
NOMBREWendy Snowdon
NOMBRESWendy
APELLIDOSnowdon
FIRMASNOWDON W
AFILIACIONESDeakin University
VERIFICADONo
TOTAL DE OBRAS27
TOTAL DE CITAS5
TOTAL COMO AUTOR27
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN2008
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2024
ÍNDICE H2

  • Food tax policies in Pacific Island Countries and Territories

    Open AccessEmilee Walby, Amanda C Jones et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2024

    Objective: To systematically identify and review food taxation policy changes in Pacific Island Countries and Territories (PICTs). Design: Food taxation polices, regarding excise taxes and tariffs applied from 2000 to 2020 in twenty-two PICTs, and their key characteristics were reviewed. The search was conducted using databases, government legal repositories and broad-based search engines. Identified documents for screening included legislation, …

  • The tide of dietary risks for noncommunicable diseases in Pacific Islands

    Open AccessErica Reeve, Prabhat Lamichhane et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2022

    While some Pacific countries experienced reductions in diet related NCD risk factors over time, most did not. Most Pacific adults (88%) do not consume enough fruit and vegetables, 82% live with overweight or obesity, 33% live with hypertension and 40% live with hypercholesterolaemia. Population-wide approaches to promote fruit and vegetable consumption and reduce sugar, salt and fat intake need strengthening

  • Barriers and facilitators to the introduction of import duties designed to prevent noncommunicable disease in Tonga

    Open AccessColin Bell, Catherine Latu et al.ARTICLEGlobalization and Health2021

    BACKGROUND: In Tonga, import duties were lowered on tinned fish and seafood in 2013 and raised on soft drinks, dripping and other animal fats. Additional import duties were applied to soft drinks and dripping and other fats in 2016 and duties were also applied to high fat meats, mutton flaps and turkey tails. The objective of this study was to describe barriers to and facilitators of these import duties from a policy-maker perspective. METHODS: A…

  • Baseline status of policy and legislation actions to address non communicable diseases crisis in the Pacific

    Open AccessSi Thu Win Tin, Ilisapeci Kubuabola et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2020

    This baseline assessment fills a knowledge gap on current strengths and areas where more action is needed to scale up NCD action in a sustained 'whole of government and whole of society approach' in PICTs. The findings of this assessment can be used to identify priority actions, and as a mutual accountability mechanism to track progress on implementation of NCD policy and legislation at both national and Pacific level

  • Fruit and vegetable import duty reduction in Fiji to prevent obesity and non-communicable diseases

    Open AccessColin Bell, Catherine Latu et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2020

    Objective: To describe the development of Fiji’s fruit and vegetable fiscal policies between 2010 and 2014 and explore the impact they have had on import volumes. Design: Qualitative case study and in-depth analysis of policy process. Policy impact was assessed using publicly available import volume data and prices of food products. Setting: Fiji. Participants: Senior government policy makers, non-communicable disease officers from the Ministry o…

  • Salt-Related Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behaviors on Efate Island, Vanuatu

    Open AccessEmalie Rosewarne, Emalie Sparks et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2019

    In Vanuatu, mean salt intake exceeds the recommended maximum daily intake, and contributes to the high proportion of deaths attributable to cardiovascular diseases. Understanding salt-related knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors of the Vanuatu population can inform appropriate interventions. This cross-sectional study was conducted as part of the 2016−2017 Vanuatu Salt Survey. In total, 753 participants aged between 18 and 69 years from rural and …

  • Contribution of fat, sugar and salt to diets in the Pacific Islands

    Open AccessJoseph Alvin Santos, Briar L McKenzie et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2019

    Objective Pacific Island countries are experiencing a high burden of diet-related non-communicable diseases; and consumption of fat, sugar and salt are important modifiable risk factors contributing to this. The present study systematically reviewed and summarized available literature on dietary intakes of fat, sugar and salt in the Pacific Islands. Design Electronic databases (PubMed, Scopus, ScienceDirect and GlobalHealth) were searched from 20…

  • Protocol to monitor trade agreement food-related aspects

    Open AccessAmerita Ravuvu, Sharon Friel et al.ARTICLEHealth Promotion International2018

    Despite the growing rates of obesity and diet-related non-communicable diseases, globally, public health attention has only relatively recently turned to the links between trade agreements and the nutritional risks associated with it. Specific trade agreements appear to have played an influential role in the volume and types of foods entering different countries, yet there is currently no systematic and objective monitoring of trade agreements fo…

  • The development and implementation of a new import duty on palm oil to reduce non-communicable disease in Fiji

    Open AccessJeremaia Coriakula, Marj Moodie et al.ARTICLEGlobalization and Health2018

    BACKGROUND: Non communicable diseases (NCD) place a significant health burden on Pacific Island countries including Fiji. Policy interventions to curb NCDs have been implemented in Fiji including a 32% increase in the import duty on palm oil. This study aims to analyse the development and implementation of the increase in palm oil import duty in Fiji. Also, to document the policy process, identify barriers and facilitators during implementation a…

  • Monitoring the impact of trade agreements on national food environments

    Open AccessAmerita Ravuvu, Sharon Friel et al.ARTICLEGlobalization and Health2017

    BACKGROUND: Trade agreements are increasingly recognised as playing an influential role in shaping national food environments and the availability and nutritional quality of the food supply. Global monitoring of food environments and trade policies can strengthen the evidence base for the impact of trade policy on nutrition, and support improved policy coherence. Using the INFORMAS trade monitoring protocol, we reviewed available food supply data…

  • Factors affecting evidence-use in food policy-making processes in health and agriculture in Fiji

    Open AccessGade Waqa, Colin Bell et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2017

    The use of evidence in policy-making will only become a reality in Fiji if it is a formalized part of the government's policy-making systems. A systems approach to food-related policy-making and implementation may achieve this by helping Ministries manage the complex and dynamic nature of food-related policy-making in Fiji

  • Monitoring and accountability for the Pacific response to the non-communicable diseases crisis

    Open AccessHilary Tolley, Wendy Snowdon et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2016

    The framework for the Pacific Monitoring Alliance for NCD Action (MANA) draws together core country-level components of NCD monitoring data (mortality, morbidity, risk factors, health system responses, environments, and policies) and identifies key cross-cutting issues for strengthening national and regional monitoring systems. These include: capacity building; a regional knowledge exchange hub; innovations (monitoring childhood obesity and food …

  • Factors influencing fruit and vegetable intake among urban Fijians

    Open AccessEmily H Morgan, Penina Vatucawaqa et al.ARTICLEAppetite2016Citada por: 3Referencias: 16

  • Setting targets for salt levels in foods

    Open AccessShauna Downs, Anthea Christoforou et al.ARTICLEFood Policy2015Referencias: 1

  • Cost-effectiveness of reducing salt intake in the Pacific Islands

    Open AccessJacqui Webster, Wendy Snowdon et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2014

    Salt reduction is a global priority and all Member States of the World Health Organization have agreed on a target to reduce salt intake by 30% by 2025, as part of the global action plan to reduce the burden of non-communicable diseases. The study described by this protocol will be the first to provide a robust assessment of salt intake and the impact of salt reduction interventions in the Pacific Islands. As such, it will inform the development …

  • Comparison of food industry policies and commitments on marketing to children and product (re)formulation in Australia, New Zealand and Fiji

    Open AccessGlenda Sacks, Mélissa Mialon et al.ARTICLECritical Public Health2014

    Unhealthy food environments are known to be major drivers of diet-related non-communicable diseases globally, and there is an imperative for major food companies to be publicly accountable for their actions to improve the healthiness of food environments. This paper examines the prevalence of publicly available policies and commitments of major packaged food and soft drink manufacturers, and fast-food restaurants in Australia, New Zealand and Fij…

  • Informas ( I nternational N etwork for F ood and O besity/non‐communicable diseases R esearch, M onitoring and A ction S upport)

    Open AccessBoyd Swindurn, B Swinburn et al.ARTICLEObesity Reviews2013

    Non‐communicable diseases ( NCD s) dominate disease burdens globally and poor nutrition increasingly contributes to this global burden. Comprehensive monitoring of food environments, and evaluation of the impact of public and private sector policies on food environments is needed to strengthen accountability systems to reduce NCD s. The I nternational N etwork for F ood and O besity/ NCD s R esearch, M onitoring and A ction S upport ( INFORMAS ) …

  • Monitoring and benchmarking government policies and actions to improve the healthiness of food environments

    Open AccessB Swinburn, Stefanie Vandevijvere et al.ARTICLEObesity Reviews2013

    Government action is essential to increase the healthiness of food environments and reduce obesity, diet‐related non‐communicable diseases ( NCD s), and their related inequalities. This paper proposes a monitoring framework to assess government policies and actions for creating healthy food environments. Recommendations from relevant authoritative organizations and expert advisory groups for reducing obesity and NCD s were examined, and pertinent…

  • Monitoring the availability of healthy and unhealthy foods and non‐alcoholic beverages in community and consumer retail food environments globally

    Open AccessCliona Ni Mhurchu, Stefanie Vandevijvere et al.ARTICLEObesity Reviews2013

    Retail food environments are increasingly considered influential in determining dietary behaviours and health outcomes. We reviewed the available evidence on associations between community (type, availability and accessibility of food outlets) and consumer (product availability, prices, promotions and nutritional quality within stores) food environments and dietary outcomes in order to develop an evidence‐based framework for monitoring the availa…

  • A new generation of trade policy

    Open AccessSharon Friel, Deborah Gleeson et al.ARTICLEGlobalization and Health2013

    Trade poses risks and opportunities to public health nutrition. This paper discusses the potential food-related public health risks of a radical new kind of trade agreement: the Trans Pacific Partnership agreement (TPP). Under negotiation since 2010, the TPP involves Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, the USA, and Vietnam. Here, we review the international evidence on the relationships between…

  • Processed foods available in the Pacific Islands

    Open AccessWendy Snowdon, Astika Raj et al.ARTICLEGlobalization and Health2013

    BACKGROUND: There is an increasing reliance on processed foods globally, yet food composition tables include minimal information on their nutrient content. The Pacific Islands share common trade links and are heavily reliant on imported foods. The objective was to develop a dataset for the Pacific Islands on nutrient composition of processed foods sold and their sources. METHODS: Information on the food labels, including country of origin, nutrie…

  • Participants’ perceptions of a knowledge-brokering strategy to facilitate evidence-informed policy-making in Fiji

    Open AccessGade Waqa, Helen Mavoa et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2013

    An innovative knowledge-brokering approach utilizing skill development and mentorship facilitated individual EIPM skills and policy brief development. The TROPIC model could stimulate evidence-based policy action relating to obesity prevention and other policy areas in other Pacific countries and elsewhere

  • Knowledge exchange in the Pacific

    Open AccessHelen Mavoa, Gade Waqa et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2012

    Public health interventions have rarely targeted evidence-informed policy making structures and processes to reduce obesity and NCDs. This study will empirically advance understanding of knowledge broking processes to extend evidence-informed policy making skills and develop a suite of national obesity-related policies that can potentially improve population health outcomes

  • Modelling of potential food policy interventions in Fiji and Tonga and their impacts on noncommunicable disease mortality

    Open AccessWendy Snowdon, Marj Moodie et al.ARTICLEFood Policy2011Citada por: 2Referencias: 1

  • Prioritizing policy interventions to improve diets? Will it work, can it happen, will it do harm?

    Open AccessWendy Snowdon, J L Potter et al.ARTICLEHealth Promotion International2010

    Policies from non-health sectors have considerable impacts on the food environment and in turn on population nutrition. Health impact assessment (HIA) methods have been developed to identify the potential health effects of non-health policies; however, they are underused both within and outside the health sector. HIA and other assessment methods and tools can be used more extensively in health promotion to assist with the identification of the be…